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Printer Friendly| Facilitator: | Karla Holt |
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| Date: | March 19, 2015 |
| Time: | 9:00 am to 3:30 pm MTN |
| Cost: |
$75.00 (includes lunch, which is not prepared in a nut/gluten-free environment) |
| Location: |
Edmonton (ERLC Office at Elmwood School) Room 17/18, 16325 - 83 Avenue Google Map |
| Session Code: | 15-TI-068 |
| Focus: | Inclusive Education English Language Arts & Literacy Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum Implementation and Pedagogy |
Target Audience
Grades K-2 Teachers and Educational Assistants
About this Learning Opportunity
In the early years classroom, the SMART Board and SMART Notebook Software can help foster student-centred learning and gives students opportunities to become engaged thinkers who use technology to learn, innovate, communicate and discover.
In this hands-on session you will discover how to integrate your SMART Board into your daily routine to develop early literacy and numeracy skills in the K-3 classroom using SMART tools, the Gallery and Lesson Activity Toolkit, as well as online resources. Various strategies for using your SMART Board, such as a small-group learning center, will be discussed. Come prepared with ideas and/or resources and you’ll have the opportunity to create and/or adapt a learning resource for your own classroom.
In this learning opportunity you will:
- explore how to use your SMART Board for daily attendance, calendar and morning math activities.
- learn how to create links to online resources and other files.
- learn how to embed sound and video files in Notebook Software to engage language learning.
- use the Notebook Gallery and Lesson Activity Toolkit to create interactive learning resources for your classroom context.
- collaborate with other educators to share ideas for using your SMART board.
- create a short learning resource to use in your class.
A working knowledge of SMART Notebook Software is recommended.
This session is being offered on a cost recovery basis.
About the Facilitator
Karla Holt currently works part-time with Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools as a learning coach supporting technology for diversity. She also facilitates professional learning on integrating technology into the curriculum for Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium. Prior to this, Karla taught elementary grades at a technology specialist school and a technology outreach centre in England where technology was at the centre of all lessons. Karla has two boys, aged 9 and 4, who continually teach her new apps and technology tools to use.